Lea Massari

Biography

Anna Maria Massetani better known as Lea Massari (30 June 1933 — 23 June 2025) was an Italian actress. When she was 22, she changed her name to Lea Massari after the death of her fiancé Leo. She studied architecture in Switzerland. Massari became a celebrity in art cinema for two roles, the missing girl Anna in Michelangelo Antonioni's L'avventura (1960), and as Clara, the mother of a sexually precocious 14-year-old boy named Laurent (Benoît Ferreux) in Louis Malle's Murmur of the Heart (1971). She worked in both Italian and French Cinema. Her career includes Sergio Leone's debut Il Colosso di Rodi, and international commercial films such as Les choses de la vie. She was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1975. She won Nastro d'Argento as Best Supporting Actress for her role in Francesco Rosi's Christ Stopped at Eboli.

Filmografi

Secrets Secrets1985 · MartaMurmur of the Heart1971 · Clara ChevalierSale rêveur1978 · JosépheFaces of Love1977 · CeciliaConquered City1962 · Lelia MendoresL'Avventura1960 · AnnaMorte di un bandito · SantaSarah1983 · Carla AngelliThe Colossus of Rhodes1961 · DialaIndian Summer1972 · MonicaThe Night Caller1975 · Norah ElmerThe Things of Life1970 · Catherine BérardFrom a Roman Balcony1960 · FreyaI Want Him Dead1968 · AlomaThe Misanthrope1967 · CélimèneThe Four Days of Naples1962 · MariaA Difficult Life1961 · Elena PavinatoReturn to Lisca Bianca Island1983 · Anna (voice) (archive footage)The Meetings of Anna1978 · Anna's motherThe Seventh Target1984 · NellyPaolo e Francesca1971 · Christ Stopped at Eboli1979 · Luisa LeviAnd Hope to Die1972 · SugarThe Camp Followers1965 · Toula